Johns Lake is located approximately 5 miles southeast of the City of Clermont and approximately 2 miles southwest of the City of Winter Garden on the border of Lake and Orange counties, Florida. Johns Lake is approximately 2,500 acres and provides a regionally important recreational resource, with good sport fishing, county parks and access for canoeing, kayaking and other watersports. There are also large intact wetland communities on the south and east portions of the lake that provide habitat for numerous wading birds and other fish and wildlife.